UNC's hiring of a respected NBA agent is a sign the Tar Heels are serious about their general manager position

Longtime NBA agent Jim Tanner has been hired at UNC as general manager for men's basketball, after coach Hubert Davis said the "old model for Carolina basketball just doesn't work."

and hired basketball agent Jim Tanner as the men’s basketball program’s executive director and general manager. The school announced Tanner’s hiring roughly three weeks after Davis talked about plans to hire a GM in the era of players being able to ...